Re: Re: Integrated compiler/project support

On Apr 7, 2004, at 10:46 AM, Jesse Glick wrote:

> Gili wrote:
>> 1) Integrating the compiler with the IDE like Eclipse does such that
>> hitting SAVE is equivilent to SAVE & COMPILE (and CLEAN if necessary)
>> and its so fast that users don't notice. This should be the default
>> behavior (internal compiler) and if issues arise people could always
>> back out to the external compiler.
>
> Probably the main usefulness of doing this is not to compile the file 
> per se, but to show you any compilation errors... which we already do 
> (as annotations in the editor), but this needs to be made more 
> reliable, and probably should be displayed in the tasklist. I think 
> such improvements are in the works.

The editor annotation scanning does not do a complete error check - it 
skips at least one phase of the compiler, which means it doesn't tell 
you about missing returns, uncaught exceptions, etc. I believe this was 
done for performance reasons.  And that may be a valid thing to do for 
a scan that's done interactively while editing, but I agree with Gili 
that on save, it's acceptable for a slightly more costly operation to 
be performed.

And yes, it's very important to list the compiler errors in a separate 
window, since the editor annotations alone force me to use the mouse to 
hover over the underline or gutter icon.

-- Tor